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Afriggia Avelmiera Astrosilva
Female Asgardian High-Elf Cleric of Frigga 2 (1000/3000xp)
Medium-Size Outsider (Asgard)
Hit Dice: 2d8-2 (14 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 20 ft.
AC: 18 (+6 masterwork splint mail, +2 masterwork large wooden shield) Touch: 10, Flat-Footed 18
Attacks: Masterwork halfspear +0 melee or +1 ranged (20 ft.)
Damage: Masterwork halfspear 1d6-1
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Turn undead, cleric spells (4/3+1), domains (air, community)
Special Qualities: Outsider traits (darkvision 60 ft., cannot be raised), elven racial traits (without low-light vision)
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +6
Abilities: Str 8 (0), Dex 11 (1), Con 8 (2), Int 12 (4), Wis 17 (13), Cha 15 (8)
Skills: Diplomacy +5 [3], Heal +5 [2], Knowledge (religion) +5 [4], Profession (midwife) +5 [2], Spellcraft +5 [4]
Feats: Spell focus (enchantment)
Languages: Elven (Aelftongue), Norse (Humantongue), Aesirtongue
Spell Preparation
0 - Guidance x4
1st - Bless x2, Deathwatch x2
Equipment
Bronze field brazier (4 gp) (6 lb.)
Bronze holy symbol (10 gp) (1 lb.)
Cleric's vestments (5 gp) (6 lb.)
Common incense (5 gp) (1 lb.)
Flint and steel (1 gp) (1/10 lb.)
Masterwork halfspear (301 gp) (3 lb.)
Masterwork large wooden shield (157 gp) (10 lb.)
Masterwork splint mail (350 gp) (45 lb.)
Soap (5 sp) (1 lb.)
Trail ration (5 sp) (1 lb.)
Traveler's outfit (1 gp) (5 lb.)
Vigil candle (10 gp) (1/2 lb.)
5 Platinum pieces (1/10 lb.)
5 Silver pieces (1/10 lb.)
Total Weight: 79.8 lb. (Heavy Load)
Check Penalty: -6
Speed: 20 ft.
Run: x3
Avelmiera was at one time a lesser Norn, sharing with her sister Syvermeria the title and responsibility of being the Norn of Argadnias ("maternal faith"). As such, she gauged each daughter's wyrd as a mother, specifically the trust a mother would have for her children. As a Norn, Avelmeira and Syvermeria tended Yggdrasil at the well of Urd, while measuring the fates of mortals on Midgard. Avelmiera was forbidden to teach anything to mortals, to be dispassionate and simply comb the mortal's Wyrd. As a Norn, Avelmiera was bound to serve a particular cycle of judgement with her sister, but Avelmiera felt tied to the mortals. Avelmiera became attached to the mortal life of birth. She loved how a mother would bring into the world another mother in succession, daughters of a grand cycle. Each mother would birth another mother, and those with the strongest ties to Argadnias drew Avelmeira's heart closer to the mortal coil. As time passed, Avelmiera became weaker than her sister, and more distant from Yggdrasil's needs. Sif told Avelmiera to walk among the Vanir for 100 years while her sister would serve the purpose as the single guardian of Argadnias, punishing Avelmiera for her infraction.
Walking among the Vanir was at first a tragic pain for Avelmiera, as she could not speak their language, and they did not take kindly to her existence. She was not hassled, however, as the Vanir were not cruel in their treatment of Avelmiera. They simply ignored her, which upset the kindly Nord. When walking among a field of buttercups, she came upon a young woman and her child. Without hesitation, Avelmiera approached the pair and cautiously observed them. As the mother nursed her child, whispering a poem in the tongue of the giants, Avelmiera approached believing that these two would at least listen to her words. The pair, however, was not what they appeared. When Avelmiera had approached too near, the Mother transformed into a goat-headed giant, and the child into a two-headed horse. Confused, but too frightened to escape, Avelmiera was captured in a golden net, and dragged off by the pair.
Avelmiera was brought before Hel of Niflehiem, still unaware of the names of her captors. Queen Hel told Avelmiera that she would be fed to the undead for her love of mortals, and her attachment to the mortal coil. But, first, Avelmiera would sire a half-giant child to the god Surtur. Avelmiera was both spiteful and pleased with the fate that she had been dealt, and was happy to take up a child, nomatter what kind it would be. She willingly mothered the Half Giant, and Surtur allowed Avelmeira to live until the child had grown to his full strength, at which point the giant would eat it's mother. Avelmiera raised her son, trying to teach it to be respectful and good to women, but she had not ever been permitted to teach before. She felt that she had fully trained the child, and that it would never consume it's own mother for Surtur. The half-giant, however, had no desire to anger Surtur, who would surely devour him if he did not do what he was told. On the fateful day that Avelmiera had feared, the Half Giant swallowed his mother whole, appeasing Surtur.
Having been swallowed whole, Avelmiera was safe in her child's stomach, but bound to it for what seemed an eternity. She would be bound there, in her own childs stomach, where she tried to comfort him when he slept and tell stories of good will when he was alone. Avelmiera waited there for many days before, finally, the Goddess Frigga freed her.
The giant had heard his mother's words, and over many years had contemplated a plan to free her from his body. He could only think of one solution that would free his mother, however, without harming her. He knew that he would have to die, at the hands of an Aasir, on Aasir grounds, willingly. The giant, named Norgar'gra'sortur, walked up to the Goddess Frigga who had been waiting for this moment. He asked her to cut his stomach open, and let his mother free. Frigga accepted this plea, and mercifully ended the life of the half giant.
Avelmiera was now free, but she was saddened by her son's death. She cried before Frigga, pleading that she should die in place of her son. Stepping out from behind Frigga came Syvermeria, Avelmiera's sister. Syvermeria asked Avelmiera if she wanted to be free from her duties as a Norn. Avelmiera confessed that she had no desire to serve her given purpose, which she had never wanted. Avelmiera pleaded that she should be free, to teach and nurture as she did for her own son. Syvermeria, who wanted the same fate as Avelmiera, knew that she would be alone if she let go of her sister, but she also knew that she could never be happy if her sister was not happy. Syvermeria pleaded to Frigga to let her sister Avelmiera go to Midgard and be among the mortals, no-longer bound to the duties of being a Norn. Frigga had been expecting this for a very long time, knowing that she would need to free one of the Argadnias one day. Each sister suffered from the same desires, and one would never be happy so long as the other was unhappy. Frigga then bound the two sisters to an oath, "Each of you will live for three hundred years on Midgard, then you will return to the Aasir and serve in your sisters duties while she has her time on the mortal plane. After each of you has served your lives on Midgard, you will both return to your original purposes without question, and neither of you will be permitted to ever leave your lives as the Norns you are again. You will both be rendered impotent, having no children to call your own, and in turn you will both revere me for blessing you with this one and only opportunity to oppose your own Wyrds."
Avelmiera and Syvermeria had never considered before that they had spun their own Wyrds in time, and admitted that they must not be jealous of each other. The two then accepted Frigga's bindings Avelmiera then accepted that she will be the first to live her three hundred years as a mortal elf. Avelmiera was stripped of her much more wide-ranging powers as a Norn, and then sent to Midgard. Avelmiera began her life, walking the vast lands from village to village, at first only spying on young mothers and children, but soon she realized that as a servant of Frigga, she could help these mothers when their children were born. Her quest to go from mother to mother, and deliver the children, under a candlelight vigil, became her life. She loved this blessing, and soon found that many fathers were so thankful to Avelmiera that they left a gift for her on her way out. After a few generations of her service, she earned the name "Matron" and was called this by the children that had been born with her tender aid. As she traveled from town to town, she also began to feel responsible for those children who were without mothers. Avelmiera took great care to protect the children, and aid in the protection of the Mortal coil.
Avelmiera has become a Matron and a protector. She now travels from town to town, without much knowledge of where the next mother would be found, but now she also has become attached to the many children that she has delivered. Matron sees herself as the Valkyrie of the mortal children, delivering the children into the world where they will prove themselves for Asgard, and the Valkyries judgment. Matron has taken it upon herself to also travel with Mortals who risk their own lives to protect their families, as a healer and aid. She has bandaged many wounds in her time, and has taken it upon herself to continue this practice for the next 164 years she has left to be what she has become.